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horsetraders

horsetraders is the plural of horsetrader.

Meaning of horsetrader

Noun

horsetrader (plural horsetraders)

  1. (literally) A person who buys and sells horses, especially one who makes such transactions in a clever or skillful manner.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) One who is skillful in transacting or negotiating of any kind.
    • The three subordinates on whom President Roosevelt depends to win his Senate victories are Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, the bull-voiced, heavy-fisted field commander; Pat Harrison of Mississippi, the shrewd committee and cloakroom horsetrader; and James F. Byrnes of South...1937 February 22, “Judiciary: Visibility Poor”, in Time

Questions about horsetraders

What is horsetraders the plural of?
Horsetraders is the plural of horsetrader.

Words near horsetraders in the dictionary

  1. horsetooth
  2. horsetops
  3. horsetrade
  4. horsetraded
  5. horsetrader
  6. horsetraders
  7. horsetrades
  8. horsetrading
  9. horsetwaddle
  10. horsewagon
  11. horsewagons

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